Frequency Shifting of a Gaussian Light Beam by Ultrasonic Surface Waves
- 1 August 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 41 (9) , 3664-3667
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1659489
Abstract
A theoretical treatment of the diffraction of a monochromatic Gaussian light beam by reflection off a single‐frequency ultrasonic surface wave is presented. With a suitable incident‐light‐beam diameter a discrete diffraction pattern is formed. The form and the frequency spectrum of the light in the pattern are stated in detail for the limiting case of small‐sound‐beam intensity. A description is given of experiments which verify the theoretical predictions.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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